Method of forming folded inserts for game-boards.



E. 1. GRANGER. METHOD or FoRMmG FoLnED INSERTS FOR GAME BOARDS, v

APPLICATION FILED MAH. 26| I9I7.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918. Iz

IN V EN TOR. Gra/@ef- W1 TNESSES Edu/ad J EDWARD J. GRANGER, or GHIcAGo, ILLINoIs, AssIeNoN To DAVID s. GARDNER, or

- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

METHOD F FORMING FOLDED INSERTS :FOR GAME-BOARDS.

To allwlwm it may concern? l Be it known that I, EDWARD J GRANGER, a

- citizen of the United States, and'a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cooku' of the same, reference being had to the ac- .companying drawings, and tothe numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a method of folding and formingl folded inserts such asperformed by a machine forming the subject matter of ,my co-pending application for folding and plaiting machine, filed of even date herewith, Serial No. 157,515.

AThis invention relates to a method of forming a plurality of small folded pieces of strips of paper or other material which may have any desired characters imprinted or marked thereon for use in a game-board provided withsmall apertures into Which the .folded marked strips are inserted so that the characters thereon are entirely concealed.

Heretofore Ait has been the-practice to wind small numbered or marked strips of paper' into spiral form for insertion into the apertures in the game board, but this has been a tedious operation.

This invention contemplates using long strips of material which arel transversely perforated to divide the strips into divisions on which characters are marked, and then folding or'f'plaiting the strip longitudinally so that each of the divisions thereof is plaited' transversely throughout its length and the small folded divisions may then be separated along Ithe lines of perforation and readily inserted through the apertures pro-V vided therefor in a .gameboard.

. It is Aan object therefore of this invention' to provide a method of folding small strips of material by first perforating a long str ip of the material transversely, and then plaiting or folding the entire strip longitudinally, and thereafter; tearing o r separating the perforated divisional portlons of said strip along the lines of perforation therein while in the folded state. A

It is furthermore 'an important .object of this' invention ,to provide an improved method of folding a number of small strips Specicationof Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2e, Iers.

Application led March 26, 1917. Serial No. 157,516. I

of material by folding a large sheet or strip of the material, and then separating parts therefrom along lines of perforations provided in the folded material', so that the divlsionalparts separated therefrom are `each in folded condition. v I y v Other andl further important objects of AIny invention will be evident from the disclosure in the drawings and specification.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the.drawings`, and hereinafter e more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure, 1 is a plan view of a perforated strip of material prior to folding thereof.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the strip after the lsame has been longitudinally creased and with the reference characters omitted.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the strip after the same has been tightly folded along the creases therein. f`

. Fig. iris an end view of the strip shown in Fig. 2. r

Fig. 5 is an end view of the strip lshown in Fig. 3. I

Fig. 6 isa fragmentary plan view of a game board illustrating the insertion of the small folded divisional parts of the strip into a ertures therefor.

As s own on the drawings:

TheV strip .with the characters thereon, is denoted as awhole by the reference numeral 1, and is provided with a plurality of transverse lines of perforations 2. After the strip is longitudinally plaited or creased, thereby slightly reducing'the width there of, it. hasl the appearance shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and denoted as a whole by the 'reference numeral 3. The creased strip shown in Fig. 2, is then folded tightly into the comressedform shown in Figs. '3 and 5, and

enoted as a whole by the reference numeral 4, and the sections or divisions may noted as a whole by the reference numeral 6, and is'providedwith receiving pocket- Yholes or apertures 7 into which 4the small folded divisional parts 5,'of the numbered strip, are'inserted, and a .concealing sheet or surface 8, is then pasted or otherwise secured over the'game board'to conceal the folded inserts therein.. Said sheet 8, how- In using the game board, a plug, pencil,

4 or other device is registered over one of the dotted circular indications on the surface 8, and thrust therethrough, thereby breaking through the sheet 8, passing into the aperture 7, and thrusting/the folded divisional numbered strip 5, outwardly through the back of the game board, and the strip may then be unfolded and examined to as certain the characters thereon.' l

I am aware that yarious details of my invention may be varied through a wide range VWithout departing from the principles thereof, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A method of providing small folded strips of material consisting in transversely perforating a long strip-ofmaterial, longifor game boards comprising transversely perforating a long strip of paper atshort distances apart, making longitudinal creasesv in the strip', pressing the longitudinal folds tightly together and severing the strip at the perforations makingv small folded portions. v l Y In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my'name in the presence of two subscribingA witnesses. A

EDWARD J. GRANGER. Witnesses :A

CHARLES W. HILLS, Jr., EARL M. HARDINE. 

